Saturday, October 20, 2012

Egypt Moves Closer To Iran

Sixty-two percent of those polled agreed
that "Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are friends of Egypt,"
though 68 percent held unfavorable views of Shiite Muslims.

Iran's
deputy defense minister said recently that the Iranian regime is seeking more
military cooperation with Egypt. "We are ready to help Egypt to build nuclear
reactors and satellites," he said on the occasion
or Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy's meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad last month. Morsy's office has said the two didn't
discuss military cooperation.

Eighty-seven
percent of respondents want Egypt to have its own nuclear bomb.

About Me

I was born in Tombstone, Arizona, but moved to California in 1959 when labor strikes at the copper mines devastated the Arizona economy. I've been moving north ever since. Pullman is as far north as I care to live and I'm looking toward reversing the drift.